Mission Accomplished.

So this morning, I powerwashed off the weird gelatinous organisms that had thickly accumulated on the lobster  traps.  They were starting to really putrify and stink, plus Joanne was starting to give me dirty looks.  The Powerwasher worked pretty well and the traps are ready for next year.   They don't smell nearly as bad either.
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Then I finished lettering the Nanepashemet warehouse sign, routed the main channels, then got out the chisels and started carving the letters into the mahogany blank that I glued up two weeks ago. Sometimes when I carve signs, I get on a roll and this was one of those times.  3/4 of the carving is done and there's a good chance that I can finish it tomorrow.
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You would think that I accomplished enough today, and you would be wrong.
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Because I finished gluing the screw caps on Kate's Adirondack chair, completed the final sanding and applied the first coat of West System Special Coating Epoxy Resin.   This treatment will be absorbed into the wood and will bond well with the marine varnish coats that I intend to spray in the next few days.
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I guess it's time to proclaim once again what a Mountain of a Man I am.  But I won't because I'm feeling a bit modest and humble despite the enormity of the day's accomplishments.
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However....  I will reward myself with a couple or three classic autumn cocktails - Seagrams, Cranberry and Lime.  Then maybe terrrorize a Halloween Trick or Treater... or two.

Tuna Lips P.O.'d

Tuna Lips is pretty pissed because somebody falsely used his name to post a comment to this Blog.  I don't blame him.  TL puts a lot of thought into his crude and lewd comments and he doesn't deserve to have one of you Yahoo Peeps putting words in his mouth.  Besides, none of you has his level of crassness, bigotry and buffoonery.
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So don't send in any phoney comments.  We will hunt you down like the dog you are.

Maria Rowen said...

Outrageous...this world is hardly big enough for one Mountain of a Man and a tuna with lips...

POTW Week 44

I realize that I've been guilty of some Blog neglect lately.  Maintaining this Blog doesn't really take a lot of time, but it does take a little attention.
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And my attention has been elsewhere.
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So Deal With It.
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ANNOUNCING....

Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 44th week of 2009.

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Kelsey O'Shea

Eric Johnson

Bill McCarthy

Thomas Menino

Mike McQueen

Janet Davis

The Blog is not the only thing that has been neglected.  I have to steam and power wash the lobster traps, and store them for the winter, and Katelyn's Adirondack Chair still doesn't have a coat of varnish on it.  Plus the Nanepashemet warehouse sign needs to be carved.  It's Halloween tonight and we have to terrorize the Trick or Treaters, and then we have to head over to the Crawford "C" Party.
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Can't imagine getting all this done this weekend because we also have to get some Fresh Ayer in tomorrow.

Adrenaline Push

It's been a while since I've rolled out a major program with a new customer, and I had forgotten how much adrenaline it tends to consume.  There is a rush to forge relationship bonds based upon the trust that has been offered, and the attention to detail and willingness to go the extra mile is an all encompassing and exhausting enterprize.
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At times like this, I feel damn fortunate to be a Mountain of a Man.  There's no chance of mistep or faltering here.

Nice Landing

We won a significant portion of the job that we pitched earlier this month.  It's a nice move forward for Nanepashemet Telecom.  Plus, we got an excellent review from our largest client today with the indication that orders will increase.
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I learned years ago not to get too excited or too depressed.  Things are never as good as they seem nor are they ever as bad as they seem.  Despite the peaks and valleys, we tend to land in the middle ground.
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But that doesn't mean that you can't celebrate victory from time to time.   And a celebration is in order.
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So, we'll have a good 4th Qtr. and a tremendous backlog heading into next year.

After Adirondack

Made a lot of progress with Kate's Adirondack Chair today.  It's all assembled, and I have to glue some screw plugs, sand, and begin the finish work.
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I've deviated from the traditional Adirondack chair based upon the most complicated through mortise and tenon joinery that I've ever attempted, the meranti mahoghany that was used instead of pine or cedar, and a more daring, eclectic back pattern.
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It's one of the better pieces that I've done, and depending upon the outcome of the varnish work, I may submit photos to Fine Woodworking to see if they will publish it.  This is the first piece that I have felt that confident with, although I was really happy with Will's Toychest that I built a year and a half ago.
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Course, I'll share some photos with you Peeps before I let Fine Woodworking expose the work to the rest of the woodworking world.
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Next up for projects is the Nanepashemet Sign that I was carving for our warehouse, and I've got to finish the fence in the backyard before the weather really turns.
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Sometime after that, the Marblehead Gunning Dory will be back on the priority list.

Katelyn Nestor said...

I love it!

Sap for Senator

There was not much chance that I was going to vote for Democrat Steve Pagliuca for US Senate to fill the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy.
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But now there is no chance in Hell.
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Naturally, he calls himself a "Progressive".  Whatever.....
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But what clinched my distaste for him was when he declares that he was against "Bush's War in Iraq" in his sappy campaign ads.
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Steve - you tout yourself as a smart business man, but obviously you can't count too well.   Congress voted for the war.   Lots of people.  Even Leftys like Hillary Clinton.   The war is an AMERICAN war.  Supported and fought by AMERICANS.  It wasn't the Republican Army who sent the dictator Hussein to huddle in a dirt hole until he was captured and executed for his atrocities to human beings.   It was the AMERICAN armed forces.
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I hate the way that Democrats treat us like idiots.
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Looks like you have money to burn in your quest to bring your "Progressive" Values to the Senate, Steve.  But you can't buy my vote.

Hauling

Mike Murphy and Dave Bruett took in some Fresh Ayer yesterday.   A nice gesture from some good friends.
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After taking care of some obligations this morning, I'd like to take one more ride in the WhaleEye to see if I can find the traps that were missing around Marblehead Rock.  I'd hate to think that they were lifted like Billy Oliver said they would.  He said that the professional lobstermen would see the quality of my traps if they pulled them by "accident". and would take them.
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But losing three of eight traps is probablyacceptable given the level of neglect that I showed in pulling them this season.  Fresh Ayer and Nanepashemet Telecom demands caused the lack of lobstering diligence, but a Mountain of a Man makes no excuses.
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Ryan Marine will be hauling the WhaleEye out next week.  We'll get em next year.

Gay Progressive

First, the homosexual community walked off with the word "Gay", which used to denote happiness.  Remember the Flintstones jingle???

When you're,
With the Flintstones,
Have a Yabba Dabba Doo Time,
A Dabba Doo Time,
You'll have a GAY ole Time.

It's pretty clear that Fred and Barney were not Homos.... and I'll bet that Betty and Wilma were straight too.  So you have to conclude that you'll have a happy ole time with the Flintstones when you're with them.

Now, the Democrats have stolen the word "Progressive".  It used to mean "moving forward, making progress".  Now you have Moonbats calling their lefty notions "Progressive" all the time.  And they call themselves "Progressives".
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So are all Homos "happy", and are all Democrats "forward moving"????  I'm sure that isn't 100% of the case.  Granted, I know some Homos who are happy alot, and Democrats aren't wrong all of the time.
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But they have stolen the words "Gay" and "Progressive" from the English language.  Not sure if that should be legal.

Maria Rowen said...

All those progressive democrats have a gay ole time drinkin' koolaid...choo choo cherry, jolly olly orange, rootin-tootin rasberry (guessing TL's favorite) and goofy grape. The next thing they will want us to believe is Fred and Barney were step brothers. *_*

Jim Lundgren. said...

Jay, you have to admit Fred and Barney were pretty damn close over the years! Oh, shit! Did I just use profanity! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

This isn't freaking Facebook.  You are free to talk dirty here, Jim.

 

Torture for Terrorists

So the Town Council of Amherst, MA  wants to give a warm welcome to Terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Associated Press reports.....

Amherst leaders are backing a resolution offering the Massachusetts college town as a possible resettlement home for two Guantanamo detainees if they are released from the military prison.
The board voted 2-1 yesterday to endorse a warrant article filed on behalf of the two men by the group Pioneer Valley No More Guantanamos. The resolution would require approval from town meeting. It also calls on Congress to lift a ban on relocating former Guantanamo prisoners — even those cleared of wrongdoing — from resettling in the U.S.

That solves the problem for me.
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For a while now, I have been wondering what we could do to make those terrorists miserable for life.   Sticking them with the Amherst Moonbat Liberals  is a suitable torture.
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Do you think the Town would see it in it's heart to open its doors for released pedophiles and rapists as well?  I can't keep dwelling on this or I'll find myself at the Salem Hospital Emergency Room with a serious bleeding heart.
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Maybe Amherst could start up some aid programs for the American families that lost loved ones in the 9-11 attack.  I'm sure they see all sides of the equation.
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Amherst, Massachusetts - Moonbat Heaven.

Battle of the Titans

I thought that an innocent post like "Seize the Day" would give the Peeps a little motivational push.
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Instead, it appears to have stimulated a heated exchange between Tuna Lips and Maria Rowen,
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In French no less!!!
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I find it refreshing to see such keen intellects locking horns in a desperate struggle of wit and wisdom.

Maria Rowen said...
The gloves are off. As the French say in Italian...Può la vittoria dell'uomo migliore...Viva l'italia!

Tuna Lips said...

I likes me a frisky lass. You is an unreformed politics fool, Boomhower. Ye likes that, Miss Senorina Rowen?

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